Watch-protecting fob-chain.



10.741,564. PATENTED 0011.13, 190s.

D. SUM-MA.

WATCH PROTECTING FOB- CHAIN. APPLICATION IILED JUNE 4, 190s.

No MODEL.

' A Tron/VE Ys l No. 741,564.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT' OFFICE.

Patented october 13, 1903.

DOMENICO sUMMA, O E nEw YORK, N. Y.

WATCH-PROTEoi-iNo FOB-CHAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,564, dated october 1e, 1903.

4115110511011 nea .Tune 4, 190s.

To a/ZZ whom it mag/ concerm Be it known that I, DOMENICO SUMMA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Watch-Protecting Feb-Chain, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to watch-protecting fob-chains, and is an improvement uponl my former invention covered by Letters Patent No. 718,399, dated January 13, 1903, for a watch-protector.

`Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview showing my invention ready for use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow'- Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the right-hand portion of Fig. l, showing one of the pivotal mountings for the plate 12.V Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of the lever 12.

A plate 1 is bent upon itself, being thereby provided with a disk-like portion 2. The

plate is so placed upon Aa pocket that the disk- Y like portion is upon the outside and the plate 1 is upon the`inside of the pocket. A ring 3 is provided and may be used for the purpose of engaging'a chain. Holes 4 5 in the plate l are engaged by chains 6 7, as indicated in Fig. 1. A hole 8 in the disk-like portion 2 maybe used for connecting a chain or otherA pendent member with the device, this pendent member being upon the outside of the pocket while in use. The ring 3 is mounted within a bearing 9 and may not be used unless desired. It may serve as an auxiliary device and is used in the manner described in my Letters Patent above mentioned.

Supported within bearings 10 11 in the plate 1 is a plate 12, provided with ears 13 14. This plate 12 is provided with aprojecting portion 15, having teeth 16, this projecting portion constitutinga claw member. The claw member and the plate 12 are integrally connected together and form a sort of an L-shaped lever, as may be seen from Figs. 2 and 4. The

serial No. 160,049. (No moans platev 1 is provided with bearings 17 1S, which -engage ears 19 2O in the plate 12, thus enabling the plate 12 to be rocked relatively to the plate v1. A button 2Oit is mounted upon a stem- 21, which passes through a slot 22 in the plate 1. Upon the inside of the plate 1 is another button 19a, which is also rigidly mounted upon the stem 21. n The two buttons, with their connecting-stem,constitute a clasp member which may be moved relatively to thel slot 22 and plate 1.

My invention is used as follows: The plate 1 is slipped into the Apocket or behind a belt, as the case may be, the disk-like portion 2 being upon the outside and exposed -to view. The ring 3 is an auxiliary menber having no immediate relation to my present invention. The 'chains 6 7 are secured one to the clothing and the other to a watch, chatelaine-bag, purse, or other similar article to be protected. vThese chains have, generally speaking, the same office as the individual members of a vtwo-part watch-chain. At the moment when vthe 'device is placed in position the plate12 israised outwardly at a right angle, so that the teeth 16 do not engage the clothing. The plate 1 being in position, the plate 12 is forced downwardly and into the position indicated in Fig. 2, so that the claw portion 15 assumes a right angle with the plate 1 and the teeth 16 are caused to grip the cloth. The clasping members,consisting of the buttons 19 20, connected by the stem 21, are next slipped downward, as indicated by full lines in Fig.

2 and by dotted lines in Fig. 3, so as to holdV the plate 12 rigidly in vposition relatively to` the plate 1. The button 19 now occupies thel position lindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, so that the plate 12 is unable to move downwardly or to the right from the view-point of Fig. 3. The lower end 12Rof the plate l2 is too long topass through the aperture 12b in the plate l, so that the plate 12 is unable to move inward, as indicated in Fig. `2. If now any person should seize the watch or other article to be protected or pull heavily upon one of the chains-say the chain 7 -the watchprotector cannot be removed from the clothing, for the reason that the teeth 16 cannot be disengaged.

The device'may be used to advantage by either ladies or gentlemen and may be em- IOO ` said lever thereto.

2. A watch-protecting fob-chain, comprising a plate doubled upon itself for the purpose of claspingrthe edge of a pocket, and provided with means for engaginga chain, a

lever pivotally mounted upon said plate and provided with a claw and with a slot, and a clasping member slidably mounted upon said lever and provided with a portion engaging said slot for the purpose of securing said lcver and said plate rigidly together.

3. A Watch-protecting fob-chain, comprising a plate provided with means for engaging a chain, a lever pivotally mounted upon said plate and provided with a claw, and a clasping member mounted upon said lever and free to engage said plate for the purpose of locking said lever relatively to said plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DOMENICO SUMMA.

Witnesses:

LUIJI Macon, ANTONIO CLAPs. 

